The
Eclectic Center of the Universal Flowing Light is a spiritual work
which aims at self-knowledge and the experience of God or the inner
higher Self. For that we use, within a ritual context, the sacramental
entheogenic beverage known as ayahuasca and re-baptized by Master
Irineu as Santo Daime.
The use of entheogenic substances as a sacrament seems to have
been part of the main religion traditions of ancient times and gave
the visionary basis for many of the most important religions that
exist in the world today.
Our
liturgical religion, which consists in the communion of the sacramental
drink in appropriate dates, is called Eclectic because its roots
are deeply impregnated by a strong syncretism among several cultural,
folkloric and religious elements. The use of the Santo Daime sacrament
is done in the dates of its festivities calendar, following the
ritual rules set by both Mestre Irineu and Padrinho Sebastião.
A Spiritual Board directs the church and work for the tradition
and of the principles maintenance, at the same time in which we
try to adequate them to new contexts. The main festivities of the
religious calendar are the Hinários, the Feitios
and the Concentrations.
Hinários
are twelve followed hours of canticles and dance, around a six pointed
star, by the sound of several instruments and maracas.
Feitios
are the sacrament confection festivities, when the whole community
mobilizes
itself
to make the Santo Daime tea.
Concentrations
are sessions sat around the six pointed star, where we alternate
hours for the meditation and silent spiritual work and hours for
the canticles
and other procedures of cure and prayer.

We are ready to receive brothers and sisters who seek for aid either
in the spiritual development field as well as in the recovery and
cure of physical diseases, psychic and spiritual, through the praise
and of the faith in our lord Jesus Christ. We attain good results
with people who wants to recover, and mostly in the combat of the
chemical dependency, alcoholism and other vices.
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